Measuring to improve: Peer and crowd-sourced assessments of technical skill with robot-assisted radical prostatectomy

European Urology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 547-550

  Ghani, Khurshid R ^a   Miller, David C ^a   Linsell, Susan ^a   Brachulis, Andrew ^a   Lane, Brian ^b   Sarle, Richard ^c   Dalela, Deepansh ^d   Menon, Mani ^d   Comstock, Bryan ^e   Lendvay, Thomas S ^f   Montie, James ^a   Peabody, James O ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b SPECTRUM HEALTH   (United States)

^c Michigan Institute of Urology   (United States)

^d HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crowd sourcing; Radical prostatectomy; Robotic surgery; Skills assessment

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CROWDSOURCING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOT ASSISTED SURGERY; SKILL; SURGEON; VIDEORECORDING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERNET; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE; STANDARDS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROWDSOURCING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PEER REVIEW, HEALTH CARE; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84959538811     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2015.11.028     Document Type: Article

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